I have gotten phone calls like yours but never this big red warning sign on the computer. I figured it was a scam but did some searching. Not sure ho wit got on my computer. only email i opend was from the toronto bluejays store looking at hats,
Dave On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 12:04 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like a scam to me. I've been getting calls from "Microsoft" support > lately, a heavily accented, usually Indian, voice, identifies as a member of > their support team to report that my computer has been comprimised with some > kind of Malwear, funny how they can do that through my firewall. Playing > along a bit it's like a mind reading act, they ask suggestive questions and > have you look at your error logs, (which are always full of warnings and > errors), the big finish being when they ask for remote control of your > system. When I tell them that I'm a Microsoft certified professional and > didn't make a support request, they hang up, disappearing faster than a > vampire seeing a cross. > > On 3/7/2015 9:46 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> This message popped up on my screen this morning with a recorded >> message say i needed to call this number my iMac may have these >> viruses on it. >> >> http://www.caughtinmotion.com/images/scam.jpg >> >> I am doing some google searches on this and it looks like a scam or >> phishing expedition, am i correct. I will be running my mac scan >> program shortly anyway >> >> Dave >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
